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Research interests

• the cognitive psychology of games and Esports
• human-avatar interaction and avatar-self merging
• digital competence
• determinants of credibility in social media
• human perception and action

 

Teaching

• Statistics
• Applied Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics
• Experimental Lab Course
• Empirical Lab Course
• Human Machine Interaction
• Occupational/Industrial Psychology
• Attention and Perception

 

Publications

Müsseler, J., von Salm-Hoogstraeten, S., & Böffel, C. (2022). Perspective Taking and Avatar-Self Merging. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.714464

Böffel, C., Würger, S., Müsseler, J., & Schlittmeier, S. J. (2022). Character Customization with Cosmetic Microtransactions in Games: Subjective Experience and Objective Performance. Frontiers in Psychology. 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.770139

Böffel, C., Herbst, C., Lindemann, O., & Müsseler, J. (2021). Spatial-Numerical Associations in the Presence of an Avatar. Psychological Research 85(7), 2588–2598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01424-y

Böffel, C., & Müsseler, J. (2020). No Evidence for Automatic Response Activation with Target Onset in the Avatar-Compatibility Task. Memory & Cognition, 48, 1249–1262. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01052-2

Böffel, C., & Müsseler, J. (2020). Taking time to take perspective? Rapidly changing reference frames in the avatar-Simon task. Acta Psychologica, 204, 103005. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103005

Böffel, C., & Müsseler, J. (2019). Action effect consistency and body ownership in the avatar-Simon task. PLoS ONE, 14(8), e0220817. doi: 10.3758/s13414-018-1573-0

Böffel, C., & Müsseler, J. (2019). Visual perspective taking for avatars in a Simon task. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81, 158-172. doi: 10.3758/s13414-018-1573-0

Müsseler, J., Ruhland, L., Böffel, C. (2019). Reversed effect of spatial compatibility when taking avatar’s perspective. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(6), 1539-1549. doi: 10.1177/1747021818799240

Böffel, C., & Müsseler, J. (2018). Perceived Ownership of Avatars Influences Visual Perspective Taking. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(May), 1-9.

Böffel, C., & Müsseler, J. (2015). Adjust your view! Wing-mirror settings influence distance estimations and lane-change decisions. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 35, 112-118.

 

Ad-hoc Reviewer for

• Computers in Human Behavior
• Frontiers in Psychology
• International Journal of Social Robotics
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
• Motor Control
• Nature: Scientific Reports
• Psychological Research
• Psychological Science (in Kollaboration mit Jochen Müsseler)
• Psychology of Sport and Exercise
• Social Sciences and Humanities Open
• Telematics and Informatics

Memberships

• DGPs - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Fachgruppen: Allgemeine Psychologie, Ingenieurpsychologie
• Psychonomic Society
• Esports Research Network